Advanced

Microsoft PowerPoint 2003/2007/2010

Advanced Level

The course is aimed at users of Microsoft PowerPoint, or those wishing to create or enhance professional looking presentations.  By the end of the training session, delegates will be familiar with the functions and applications of PowerPoint, and will be able to produce well-balanced and attractively presented documents.

Pre-Requisite:     Delegates attending this course should be already working with Microsoft PowerPoint and wish to expand their knowledge, or have attended the Introductory course, or are converting from another Presentation package. 

Duration:             1 Day

File and Folder Management
  • Basic file manipulation
  • Finding files
  • Advanced file searching
  • Favorites
  • Embedding truetype fonts
  • Defining your default folder location
  • Pack and go
Adding Text to Slides
  • Text and Powerpoint
  • Adding text in slide view
  • Adding a new slide to a presentation
  • Outline view and text
  • Adding textin shapes
  • Finding and replacing text
  • Selection techniques
Formatting and Proofing Text
  • Formatting within PowerPoint
  • Replacing fonts
  • Formatting fonts
  • Additional text formatting effects
  • Bullets
  • Case formatting
  • Using the format painter
  • Remember the undo command!
  • Paragraph alignment
  • Line and paragraph space formatting
  • Tab formatting
  • Checking spelling
Using Masters
  • What are templates and slide masters?
  • Create a new template file
  • Adding a footer, date and numbering information
  • Manipulating slide masters
The Microsoft Clip Gallery
  • What is the Microsoft clip gallery?
  • Using the Microsoft clip gallery
  • Modifying the contents of the Microsoft clip gallery
Creating tables
  • Tables and text manipulation
  • Selection techniques within tables
  • Manipulating cells, rows and columns
Charts
  • Creating a chart
  • Chart types
  • Chart titles
  • Chart axes
  • Chart gridlines
  • Chart legend
  • Chart data labels
  • Chart data table
Organisation Charts
  • Creating an organisation chart
  • Adding or removing chart boxes
  • Formatting organisation chart boxes
PowerPoint and other applications
  • Powerpoint and OLE
  • Embedding objects from other applications
  • Editing an embedded object
  • Converting an embedded object into a PowerPoint object
  • Linking objects from other applications
  • The links command
Printing a presentation
  • Printing under PowerPoint
  • Setting up slides for printing
  • Printing a presentation
Customising PowerPoint
  • Customising your PowerPoint view options
  • Customising your PowerPoint general options
  • Customising your PowerPoint edit options
  • Customising your PowerPoint print options
  • Customising your PowerPoint save options
  • Customising your PowerPoint spelling options
  • Customising your PowerPoint advanced options
  • Customising your toolbars
  • Autocorrect
Publishing presentations on the Web
  • What is web publishing?
  • Converting a presentation to HTML format
  • Viewing the web presentation using a browser